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Krugerdam se wal lek erg – vrese dat hy kan breek

Daar is weer kommer oor ’n groot stroom water wat deur Krugerdam se wal sypel na onlangse swaar reën watervlakke opgestoot het.

Mnr. Cobus Fourie het videomateriaal gestuur wat wys hoeveel water stroom deur die damwal.

Mnr. Fourie het op 18 April reeds die lekkasie onder die aandag van die Steve Tshwete Munisipaliteit se aandag gebring.

Daar was egter geen haas onder munisipale amptenare om aan die lekkasie aandag te gee nie, wat DA raadslid, Johann Dyason, aangespoor het om die probleem aan te spreek.

Hoewel ’n inspeksie van die wal op 22 April plaasgevind het, was daar nooit herstelwerk gedoen aan die wal nie.

Met onlangse reën lek die wal nou erg, en volgens mnr. Fourie sit die gat laag in die damwal en is hy bekommerd oor die moontlikheid dat die damwal kan breek.

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Another leak springs in Kruger Dam wall (Middelburg)

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Sjani Campher

Sjani has been working as a community journalist and photographer at the Middelburg Observer since 2018, during which she has been responsible for the content creation for both digital and print, as well as maintaining the publication's online platforms. She is a member of the Forum for Community Journalists, and focuses on fields including hard news, investigative reporting, human interest, columns and sports.
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